Sharp, I and Stibbe, M (2017) Introduction: Women’s international activism during the inter-war period, 1919-1939. Women's History Review, 26 (2). pp. 163-172. ISSN 0961-2025
Abstract
This article explains why women’s international activism in the inter-war period should be a subject of scholarly interest, and also discusses the myriad and vibrant forms it could take. For some women campaigners, international work – whether through .established national women’s movements or via separate, radical pacifist organisations – was crucial for the prevention of war and the maintenance of world peace. However, this was not the only motivation. Others were interested in the scientific or professional advantages of combining knowledge at international or transnational level. Others still were keen to exploit international links in order to further political objectives closer to home, such as the achievement of women’s suffrage, the encouragement of inter-cultural understanding between women from different ethnic, religious or linguistic backgrounds, or the promotion of conservative values, anti-communism or physical fitness within particular national or multi-national settings. Examples of all of these kinds of activism can be found in the individual contributions to this special issue.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Women's History Review on 30th September 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09612025.2016.1181332 |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > German (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2016 12:46 |
Last Modified: | 30 Mar 2018 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2016.1181332 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09612025.2016.1181332 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101364 |